2008 Woodie Awards
Representing more than a pretty face
Issue date: 11/16/05 Section: Opinion
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Kelly McCorkle
Guest Writer
In reading the last Skyliner, I was delighted to see coverage on the Miss North Greenville University Pageant and that it will be a new preliminary to the Miss South Carolina Pageant. This is a wonderful opportunity for school exposure and for the young ladies that participate.
However, I also read an article and a letter to the editor that reminded me once again that young women who participate in programs such as pageants will always have a stigma over their heads and can sometimes be judged for their involvement.
As some may know, I have been involved in pageants for many years. I do agree with these writers' stances on modesty applied from I Timothy 2:9-10, because they are correct that some women enter pageants to draw attention to themselves and would use an event like a pageant to glorify things of this world or their bodies. I pray not, but it does happen, just as someone may want to be a doctor to make money, a lawyer to gain power or a preacher to gain respect.
Yet I believe all of those positions can be used profoundly by God to further His Kingdom and to minister to those in need. Just as one who earns a title through a pageant, if done with the right heart, could also be used to serve the Lord.
I know this personally through my experience in the Miss South Carolina Pageant. My participation in pageants through winning few and losing many was a spiritual journey the Lord took me on and I truly grew stronger and deeper in my personal relationship with Christ and my life was forever changed.
Through the Lord's wonderful plan, I was able to share my testimony over 450 times in one year (not to mention in public schools), pray with children, teenagers, and adults to receive Christ and to minister and encourage hurting people.
I do like the verses that were selected from Timothy, especially verse 10, where it is talking about women clothing themselves not in the finest wear "but with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God." The part about good deeds really sticks out to me, because as Christian women we should be known by good deeds and not our clothing. Many people don't know the Miss America Pageant is a scholarship and community service organization. In fact, it is the largest female organization in the world generating the most time and money towards community service. The Miss South Carolina Organization is number one in the nation for scholarships provided and community service hours. I would like to think most of these women are clothing themselves in good deeds and service to others.
Guest Writer
In reading the last Skyliner, I was delighted to see coverage on the Miss North Greenville University Pageant and that it will be a new preliminary to the Miss South Carolina Pageant. This is a wonderful opportunity for school exposure and for the young ladies that participate.
However, I also read an article and a letter to the editor that reminded me once again that young women who participate in programs such as pageants will always have a stigma over their heads and can sometimes be judged for their involvement.
As some may know, I have been involved in pageants for many years. I do agree with these writers' stances on modesty applied from I Timothy 2:9-10, because they are correct that some women enter pageants to draw attention to themselves and would use an event like a pageant to glorify things of this world or their bodies. I pray not, but it does happen, just as someone may want to be a doctor to make money, a lawyer to gain power or a preacher to gain respect.
Yet I believe all of those positions can be used profoundly by God to further His Kingdom and to minister to those in need. Just as one who earns a title through a pageant, if done with the right heart, could also be used to serve the Lord.
I know this personally through my experience in the Miss South Carolina Pageant. My participation in pageants through winning few and losing many was a spiritual journey the Lord took me on and I truly grew stronger and deeper in my personal relationship with Christ and my life was forever changed.
Through the Lord's wonderful plan, I was able to share my testimony over 450 times in one year (not to mention in public schools), pray with children, teenagers, and adults to receive Christ and to minister and encourage hurting people.
I do like the verses that were selected from Timothy, especially verse 10, where it is talking about women clothing themselves not in the finest wear "but with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God." The part about good deeds really sticks out to me, because as Christian women we should be known by good deeds and not our clothing. Many people don't know the Miss America Pageant is a scholarship and community service organization. In fact, it is the largest female organization in the world generating the most time and money towards community service. The Miss South Carolina Organization is number one in the nation for scholarships provided and community service hours. I would like to think most of these women are clothing themselves in good deeds and service to others.